pulex

See also: Pulex

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (flea). Cognates include Ancient Greek ψύλλα (psúlla), Sanskrit प्लुषि (plúṣi), Old Armenian լու (lu) and Old English flēah, flēa (English flea).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpuː.leks/, [ˈpuː.ɫɛks]

Noun

pūlex m (genitive pūlicis); third declension

  1. flea

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pūlex pūlicēs
Genitive pūlicis pūlicum
Dative pūlicī pūlicibus
Accusative pūlicem pūlicēs
Ablative pūlice pūlicibus
Vocative pūlex pūlicēs

Descendants

  • Italian: pulce
  • Mozarabic: pulč
  • Norman: puche
  • Occitan: piusa
  • Portuguese: pulga
  • Romanian: purice
  • Romansch: pilesch, pelisch, pelesch, pülesch, pülsch
  • Sardinian: puighi, puliche, pulige, pulighe, pulixi
  • Sicilian: pùlici, puci, purci
  • Spanish: pulga
  • Translingual: Pulex
  • Venetian: pulç, pulxo, polxe, pulexe, pułega
  • Welsh: piws

References

  • pulex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pulex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • pulex in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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